Frost, Komunyakaa, Kooser, Li, Gallagher, Ansel, Olds
Here's something to consider. In many of the poets we study, it seems that relatively ordinary events produce complex, ambiguous mental and emotional responses, leading to profound insights (these can be critical insights into conflicts in our society or culture, questions about the relation of art to life and the purpose and value of art, etc.). How do you see this in Frost's "Birches" and/or "After Apple Picking" and Komunyakaa's "Facing It"? Plenty of useful stuff on the study sheets/exercises + a critical article accompanying Ansel's poem "Glaze" (noted on syllabus), which can be cited in your essays, but is also a good model of close reading/detailed analysis. For Ansel, also check the Lit Resource Ctr: there is a brief review under "critical articles" that should prove useful; c heck those. Also in BB, under the "primary sources" tab, you may also read more of her poetry--and I will say, she is a...